NEWSIES

posted on October 21st, 2019 at 10:38 AM by Steven Stanley

Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre’s spectacular Newsies is not only an infectiously entertaining (and unashamedly pro-labor) treat, it showcases a sensational young ensemble singing and dancing up a standing ovation-worthy storm.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

SOMETHING ROTTEN!

posted on October 21st, 2019 at 8:32 AM by Steven Stanley

There’s no more entertaining big-stage musical in town than Musical Theatre West’s regional premiere of Best Musical Tony nominee Something Rotten!, a musical theater buff’s dream come true and just as much fun for those who couldn’t put a last name to Chita, Patti, or Bernadette if their lives depended on it.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE MUSIC MAN

posted on October 19th, 2019 at 4:02 PM by Steven Stanley

Adam Pascal’s charismatic star turn as Harold Hill is the best of at least 76 reasons why 5-Star Theatricals’ The Music Man gives Broadway some pretty stiff competition.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

LITTLE WOMEN

posted on October 19th, 2019 at 9:00 AM by Steven Stanley

Sierra Madre Playhouse gives students from the California School Of The Arts-San Gabriel Valley the chance to perform with experienced adult actors in Louisa Mae Alcott’s beloved American classic Little Women.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review

NEIL SIMON’S MUSICAL FOOLS

posted on October 16th, 2019 at 10:59 AM by Steven Stanley

A little-known Neil Simon gem serves as the inspired source for Neil Simon’s Musical Fools, a delightfully tuneful, downright hilarious Open Fist Theatre Company musical comedy surprise.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

THE CANADIANS

posted on October 14th, 2019 at 3:31 PM by Steven Stanley

A couple of small-town 20something BFFs embark on the gay cruise of a lifetime courtesy of South Coast Repertory in Adam Bock’s hilarious–and unexpectedly touching–World Premiere romantic comedy The Canadians.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

ONCE

posted on October 13th, 2019 at 10:36 AM by Steven Stanley

You may have seen it once on Broadway, and once more when its National Tour played locally, and once more still when South Coast Repertory debuted it regionally, but forget all those Onces. If you haven’t seen the Tony-winning Best Musical of 2012 restaged in the round by the brilliantly inventive Kari Hayter for 3-D Theatricals, you haven’t yet experienced the full musical-theater wonder that is Once.
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posted in Gateway Cities, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

posted on October 7th, 2019 at 11:10 AM by Steven Stanley

A veritable who’s who of Morgan-Wixson Theatre regulars, a director on a roll, and a crackerjack team of production designers join forces to make Broadway’s The Drowsy Chaperone the all-around best Morgan-Wixson musical I’ve reviewed since first raving about their Thoroughly Modern Millie back in 2009.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

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